Re: His Purpose - Christ in us
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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
"What is the perfect church?
It is a forgiving church. It is a long-suffering church. It is an enduring, patient and caring church that is receiving all the failing, sinful, ungodly people who have Christ in them. There is forgiveness up to seventy times seven. And there is love and there is mercy."
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I love this. It is much more in line with our Lord's definition of "Be ye perfect as My Father." (Mt 5.48)
The definition of a "perfect" church has to accommodate lots of imperfection.
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